AOMORI

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Station Information

Station ID: 1092
Latitude: 40.835278
Longitude: 140.763889
Coastline code: 647
Station code: 108
Country: JAPAN
Time span of data: 1965 – 2019
Completeness (%): 96
Date of last update: 03 Mar 2021

Green Arrow: Current Station
Yellow Marker: Neighbouring RLR Station
Red Marker: Neighbouring Metric Station

Please note: In many cases, the station position in our database is accurate to only one minute. Thus, the tide gauge may not appear to be on the coast.

Station Documentation

Documentation added 2012-02-21

A massive earthquake magnitude 9.0 occurred at 14.46 JST (05.46 UTC) on Friday 11th March 2011 with the epicentre approx. 70 km east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tohoku. It was the most powerful eathquake known to hit Japan and triggered a tsunami with waves up to 40.5m travelling up to 10km inland.

Data Authority

Japan Meteorological Agency
3-6-9 Toranomon, Minato City
Tokyo